Robert Mueller Was Never Going to Save Us

Juan Cole / Truthdig Mar 25, 2019 Pundits and politicians have long hoped the special prosecutor would let American voters off the hook for electing Trump. They can't be. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Read Michael Cohen’s Prepared Testimony in Its Entirety

The Associated Press and Truthdig Feb 27, 2019 The former fixer will tell a House committee that Donald Trump knew of WikiLeaks' plans to release emails damaging to Hillary Clinton. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Trump Knew of Hush Payments to Stormy Daniels, Karen McDougal: Report

Jeff Mordock / The Washington Times Nov 9, 2018 A new Wall Street Journal investigation suggests the president likely violated campaign finance law as a candidate in the 2016 election. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Is Facebook Passé to the Young?

Larry Gross / Truthdig Feb 18, 2018 The social media site may suffer a mass exodus of users under the age of 55. These discoveries and more in today's Larry's List. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Playboy’s Interviews Were Models of the Art Form

By Hillel Italie / AP Sep 30, 2017 Publisher Hugh Hefner was known most for his role in the sexual revolution, his magazine's long and searching conservations were remarkable for the people who spoke and for what they said. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Playboy Magazine Founder Hugh Hefner Dies at 91

Andrew Dalton / AP Sep 28, 2017 The entrepreneur helped slip sex out of the confines of plain brown wrappers and into mainstream conversation in the U.S. He was widely admired but far from universally beloved. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

Mr. Hefner Says No More Nudes

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‘Pornography Is What the End of the World Looks Like’

Chris Hedges / Truthdig Feb 16, 2015 "Fifty Shades of Grey" is part of a corporate capitalist onslaught that has seen women dehumanized, men desensitized, children damaged and violence and exploitation glorified. Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )

Gary Oldman Does Himself a Great Disservice With Anti-Semitic Diatribe

Staff / Truthdig Jun 25, 2014 British actor Gary Oldman unleashed a torrent of instantly regrettable remarks about Hollywood culture in the latest edition of Playboy, couching his statements in that tediously familiar type of defiant language so often brandished by the clueless. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Krugman to Playboy: Economic Crisis ‘Doesn’t Have to Be Happening’

Staff / Truthdig Feb 19, 2012 Playboy magazine sent economics writer Jonathan Tasini to speak to Nobel Prize-winning economist Paul Krugman about the economic crisis and the possibilities for the future. What resulted was a neat picture of Krugman’s views on the state of the U.S. economy, the plight of common Americans and the failure of the political class to do anything about it. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Indonesia Frees ‘Playboy’ Editor

Staff / Truthdig Jun 24, 2011 We've been tracking the fate of Erwin Arnada since 2006, when the editor launched a PG version of Playboy in the world's most populous Muslim country After all these years, the Indonesian high court has invalidated the indecency charges on which Arnada was convicted It's a big day for swimsuits in Bali. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Uncensored Playboy Is (Not) Coming to the iPad

Staff / Truthdig Jan 19, 2011 According to a tweeting Hugh Hefner, Playboy magazine, "both old & new" is coming to the iPad, and it "will be uncensored." That's somewhat surprising, considering that Apple CEO Steve Jobs once claimed that the iPad was designed to offer "freedom from porn." (Update) Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )